Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Officers, Directors, and Committees, 2008

Executive Committee (Officers)

Robert K. Stoelting, MD
APSF President
Indianapolis, IN

Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD
APSF Executive Vice President
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

George A. Schapiro
APSF Executive Vice President
Hillsborough, CA

Nassib G. Chamoun
APSF Vice President
Aspect Medical Systems
Newton, MA

Matthew B. Weinger, MD
APSF Secretary
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Casey D. Blitt, MD
APSF Treasurer
Tucson, AZ

Executive Committee (Members at Large)

Robert A. Caplan, MD
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

David M. Gaba, MD
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Lorri A. Lee, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Executive Committee (Committee Chairs)

Sorin J. Brull, MD
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL

Robert C. Morell, MD
Niceville, FL

Michael A. Olympio
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Richard C. Prielipp, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Board of Directors

James F. Arens, MD
University of Texas
Houston, TX

Casey D. Blitt, MD

Sorin J. Brull, MD

Robert A. Caplan, MD

Nassib G. Chamoun

Frederick W. Cheney, Jr., MD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Joan M. Christie, MD
Tampa, FL

Robert Clark
Dräger Medical, Inc.
Telford, PA

Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD

Albert L. de Richemond, MS, PE
ECRI
Plymouth Meeting, PA

Marcel E. Durieux, PhD, MD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Jan Ehrenwerth, MD
Yale University
New Haven, CT

David M. Gaba, MD

David B. Goodale, PhD, DDS,
AstraZeneca
Wilmington, DE

Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA

John F. Heden
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, IL

Walter Huehn
Philips Medical Systems
Boeblingen, Germany

Lorri A. Lee, MD

Rodney C. Lester, PhD, CRNA
Houston, TX

Roger S. Mecca, MD
Covidien
Carlsbad, CA

Edward C. Mills
Preferred Physicians Medical Risk
Mission, KS

Terri G. Monk, MD
Duke University
Durham, NC

Robert C. Morell, MD

Denise O'Brien, MSN, RN
ASPAN
Ypsilanti, MI

John M. O'Donnell, CRNA
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Michael A. Olympio, MD

Richard C. Prielipp, MD, FCCM

George A. Schapiro

William P. Schecter, MD
University of California
San Francisco, CA

Robert K. Stoelting, MD

Raul A. Trillo, MD
Baxter Healthcare
New Providence, NJ

Sally T. Trombly, RN, JD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Rebecca S. Twersky, MD
Lawrence, NY

Timothy W. Vanderveen, DPharm
Cardinal Health
San Diego, CA

Robert A. Virag
Trifid Medical Group, LLC
Chesterfield, MO

Mark A. Warner, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Matthew B. Weinger, MD

Robert Wise
JCAHO
Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Consultants to Executive Committee

John H. Eichhorn, MD
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Ann S. Lofsky, MD
Santa Monica, CA

APSF Committees

Newsletter Editorial Board

Robert C. Morell, MD
Editor

Addie Larimore
Editorial Assistant
Winston-Salem, NC

Sorin J. Brull, MD

Joan M. Christie, MD

Jan Ehrenwerth, MD

John H. Eichhorn, MD

Lorri A. Lee, MD

Rodney C. Lester, PhD, CRNA

Glenn S. Murphy, MD
Chicago, IL

Denise O'Brien, MSN, RN

Karen L. Posner, PhD
Seattle, WA

Wilson Somerville, PhD
Winston-Salem, NC

Jeffery S. Vender, MD
Evanston, IL

Committee on Education and Training

Richard C. Prielipp, MD, Chair

Kenneth J. Abrams, MD
Montville, NJ

Kevin J. Cardinal, CRNA
Minneapolis, MN

Joan M. Christie, MD

Alan M. Harvey, MD

Springfield, MA

Timothy N. Harwood, MD
Winston-Salem, NC

Jeana E. Havidich, MD
Charleston, SC

Deborah Lawson, AA
Solon, OH

Samsun (Sem) Lampotang, PhD
Gainesville, FL

Thomas J. Mancuso, MD
Atlanta, GA

Maria Margo, CRNA
University of Pennsylvania

Tricia A. Meyer, PharmD
Temple, TX

Keith J. Ruskin, MD
New Haven, CT

Willliam P. Schecter, MD

Robert J. McQuillan, MD
Omaha, NB

N. Ty Smith, MD
San Diego, CA

Matthew B. Weinger, MD

Committee on Scientific Evaluation

Sorin J. Brull, MD, Chair

Karen L. Posner, PhD, Vice Chair

Peter J. Davis, MD
Pittsburgh, PA

Dan France, PhD
Nashville, TN

David B. Goodale, PhD, DDS

Barry A. Harrison, MD
Jacksonville, FL

Jeana E. Havidich, MD
Charleston, SC

Gary R. Haynes, PhD, MD

Alfred Lupien, PhD, CRNA

Christopher O'Connor, MD

Chicago, IL

David Paulus, MD

Gainesville, FL

Ira Rampill, MD

Stony Brook, NY

Eduardo Salas, PhD

Karen J. Souter, MB, BS
Seattle, WA

Sally B. Trombly, RN, JD

Robert A. Virag

Matthew B. Weinger, MD

Committee on Technology

Michael A. Olympio, MD, Chair
Winston-Salem, NC

A. William Paulson, PhD,
Vice-Chair
Savannah, GA

Patty Reilly, CRNA,
Strategic Relations Director
Covidien

Abe Abramovich
Lawrenceville, NJ

Jonnalee Bill, CertAT
Lebanon, NH

R. Michael Boyer, DO, MS
Chicago, IL

Robert Clark
Dräger Medical

Stephen Corn, MD
Boston, MA

Albert L. de Richemond, MS, PE
ECRI

James D. Eisenkraft, MD
New York, NY

Gerry Feldman
Oridion Medical

Julian M. Goldman, MD
Boston, MA

John Graybeal, Cert. RT
Masimo

Tom Green
Paragon Service

David Jamison
Datascope Corporation

Roger Johnson
Milwaukee, WI

Roger Mecca, MD
Covidien

John M. O'Donnell, CRNA

James E. Philip, ME(E), MD, CCE
Boston, MA

Kenneth C. Plitt, CRNA
Seattle, WA

James F. Szocik, MD
Ann Arbor, MI

Kevin Tissot
GE Healthcare

Corporate Advisory Council

George A. Schapiro, Chair
APSF Executive Vice President

Abbott Laboratories
(John F. Heden)

Anesthesia Healthcare Partners
(Sean Lynch)

Anesthesiologists Professional Insurance Company
(Cliff Rapp)

Arrow International
(Jim Fitzpatrick)

Aspect Medical Systems
(Nassib G. Chamoun)

Bayer Pharmaceuticals
(Stanley Horton, PharmD)

Baxter Healthcare
(Raul A. Trillo, MD)

Becton Dickinson
(Michael S. Ferrara)

Cardinal Healthcare
(Timothy W. Vanderveen, PharmD)

Cerner
(Andrea Wilt)

Covidien
(Roger S. Mecca, MD)

Datascope Corporation
(Thomas W. Barford)

Draeger Medical
(Robert Clark)

EKR Therapeutics
(Kevin L. Zacharoff, MD)

Ethicon Endo-Surgery
(Mike Gustafson)

GE Healthcare
(Carolyne Coyle)

Hospira
(Steven Pregulman, MD)

LMA of North American
(Steven R. Block)

Luminetx
(Dana Capocaccia)

Masimo
(Joe Kiana)

Medical Protective
(Nancy Stahulak)

MGI Pharma, Inc.
(Brian Eckley)

Organon
(Aysegul Yegin, MD)

Oridion
(Dominic Corsale)

Philips Medical Systems
(Walter Huehn)

Preferred Physicians Medical Risk Retention Group
(Edward C. Mills)

ResMed
(Keith Serzen)
Safer Sleep
(Michael Stabile, MD)

Smiths Medical
(Andrew Rose)

Somanetics
(Dominic Spadafore)

Spacelabs
(Joseph Davin)

Tensys Medical
(Christopher M. Jones)

The Doctors Company
(Ann S. Lofsky, MD)

Vital Signs
(Terry Wall)

Abe Abramovich

Casey D. Blitt, MD

Robert K. Stoelting, MD

Data Dictionary Task Force

Terri G. Monk, MD, Chair

Clinical Advisory Group

David L. Reich, MD

Ronald A. Gabel, MD

Dr. Martin Hurrell

Robert S. Lagasse, MD

Dr. Anthony P. Madden

Dr. Andrew C. Norton

Dr. Roger Tackley

Homer Wang, MD

David Wax, MD

Technical Group (Corporate Participants)

Cerner

DocuSys

Dräger Medical

Eko systems

GE Healthcare

iMDsoft

Informatics

Philips Medical Systems

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